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For the first time an international research group has revealed the core mechanism that limits the indium (In) content in indium gallium nitride ((In, Ga)N) thin films - the key material for blue light emitting diodes (L...

A key plan to reduce global warming is to grow crops for fuel then capture and bury the carbon released when it's burned. This risks ecocide, says Olive Heffernan

The ability to clone monkeys will rekindle speculation about doing the same with humans. There are many reasons to oppose it, says Marcy Darnovsky

One of the enduring sci-fi moments of the big screen--R2-D2 beaming a 3-D image of Princess Leia into thin air in "Star Wars"--is closer to reality thanks to the smallest of screens: dust-like particles.

Suspended in midair like science fiction holograms, a new technology can create high-resolution 3-D light displays. Nature Video finds out how it works. This video was reproduced with permission and... --

Suspended in mid-air like science fiction holograms, a new technology can create high resolution 3D light displays. Nature Video finds out how it works. This video was reproduced with permission and... --

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have developed a mathematical model for the emergence of innovations.

By moving a single particle with an invisible laser beam, we can create three-dimensional images like the holograms in sci-fi movies that float in thin air

YouTube has become the top source of videos for kids of all ages, but without transparency on its algorithms, it is hard for parents to trust

Study reveals both similarities and differences in how the left and right sides of the brain process semantic memory.

In 1996, Dolly the sheep became the first mammal to be cloned from a somatic cell. Twenty years later, scientists have succeeded in using the same technique on primates--as detailed in a study published today in the jour...

Meet the first of a possible army of cloned monkeys that could treat many diseases, but is this a step to human cloning, and will anyone but China accept them?

A horror-movie-like GIF shows an African trapdoor spider ambush.

A highly toxic form of amyloid beta disrupts the normal function of mitochondria, researchers report.

A new study sheds light on how the brain performs the go/stop balance.

According to a new PNAS study, our eyes and ears team up to process the sites and sounds we experience.

While there is a growing market for organic solar cells--they contain materials that are cheaper, more abundant, and more environmentally friendly than those used in typical solar panels - they also tend to be less effic...

Researchers report personality changes that can result in behavioral changes may be an indicator of Alzheimer's development in those with mild cognitive impairment.

Since lasers were first developed, the demand for more adaptable lasers has only increased. Chiral nematic liquid crystals (CLCs) are an emerging class of lasing devices that are poised to shape how lasers are used in th...

Researchers report computer based analysis of speech transcripts from teens at risk of psychosis were able to predict, with 83% accuracy, who would develop symptoms within 2 years.

A bowl of water sprinkled with pepper flakes sits ready on Mahesh Bandi's kitchen countertop. Bandi, a professor of physics at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), wets the tip of a...

Writer Ursula K. Le Guin, whose work spanned multiple genres including science fiction, fantasy, poetry and essays, died on Monday (Jan. 22) at the age of 88.